Dunfermline Press | Sport | Jones up to second after Carlisle blitz

Tuesday, 6th January, 2009

Published: Thursday, 26th April, 2007 12:00

Jones up to second after Carlisle blitz

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DUNFERMLINE rally driver Fraser Jones blitzed the field in Carlisle at the weekend winning the second round of the UK Fiesta Sporting Trophy, which ran alongside the Pirelli National Rally.

The 26-year-old, of Colliston Road, showed immense pace in his CCM-backed Ford Fiesta ST to also finish third in the national event against the more powerful four-wheel-drive cars.

This catapulted Jones from seventh to second in the championship heading into round three, the RBS Isle of Man International Rally on tarmac, a surface favoured by the West Fifer.

After winning three of the opening four stages, Jones had a comfortable cushion of 15 seconds over his closest rival allowing him to cruise through the closing stages.

For SS5 though, Jones decided to consolidate his lead and set a time of 4mins 38secs over five miles of special stage to set not only the fastest FST time but the fastest time overall in the national event.

Budget permitting, the next round for Jones will be the RBS Isle of Man International Rally on 11th-12th May.

Jones said, “Today was pretty fantastic, it all went to plan.

“We intended to start fast and pull out a lead on the first four stages which worked really well. After service we were able to keep up the pace and even set the fastest time overall on the national rally on SS5.

“Our previous best result was fourth on the Park Systems Rally in 2006 so we are delighted.”